6 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2008/2137(INI)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, although the proportion of Roma young people in secondary and higher education has increased, their level of qualifications still remains far below the European average; observes that, as a result of this, the Member States' economies often draw labour from third countries to make good labour shortages;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that steps should be taken to promote an inclusive social and economic policy, including through ad hoc measures to provide decent housing;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that the low level of employment of Roma women is linked to the traditional Roma family model, the family role and the division of labour; considers that, in view of the particular traditions at issue, sexual equality need not absolutely entail full employment of Roma women, but rathershould be reflected in the free choice of a strategy for life;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that employment of Roman women should also be promoted by means of employment-friendly operation of social support systems and appropriate training and specialisation opportunities, making it possible to reconcile family life and work; calls on Member States to make it possible for children from large Roma families who have not yet reached school age to be given appropriate education, with a view to their integration and to have access to children's day care institutions even if their mother is at home with her other children; considers it desirable that labour market programmes should use this time to teach them knowledge to prepare them in the long term for work from which they can earn a living;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that Roma women's tendency to leave school early not only damages their own opportunities on the labour market and their physical and psychological health, but affects the health status and schooling of their children;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that the transmission of poverty and social exclusion can only be prevented effectively at an early stage in lifeprocess of integration must be initiated at an early stage in life in order to effectively provide alternatives to poverty and social exclusion, that an appropriately supportive environment is needed for children's development and that it is necessary to provide an institutional framework for early childhood services which meets regional and personal needs, guaranteeing equal access to quality services; notes, however, that, in disadvantaged areas where Roma live, early childhood services either are not available or, if they are, frequently suffer from inadequate infrastructure and therefore operate dysfunctionally; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide particular support for programmes for the early integration of Roma children in all countries where European Union resources (Phare, IPA, Structural Funds) can be accessed;